When Porter Moser was hired as Loyola men’s basketball coach in 2011, he immediately forged a bond with team chaplain Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, BVM. The two have become close friends — so close that she was one of the few people Moser turned to when he was faced with a crucial career decision in April.
Moser flew out to New York to interview with St. John’s University and was in talks to become the Red Storm’s next head coach. The decision was so tough he wrote two letters on the flight home: one if he left Loyola for St.